INVESTING IN

ALENTEJO
Alentejo

Proximity to major
consumption centers

High agricultural
development potential

Attractive conditions for

agro-industrial processing
 Proximity to major consumption centers, including the
capital of Portugal and Spain

Bilbao
La Corua
Oviedo

Vigo
Alentejo region
Barcelona
PIB: 6.591 milions
Porto Population: 0,52 milions
Salamanca Madrid PIB per capita: 12.694
Coimbra Main urban centers: vora, Beja, Portalegre
Toledo Valencia and Santiago do Cacm
Portalegre Cceres

Lisboa vora
Setbal Alicante
Badajoz
Crdoba Jan
Santiago
do Cacm Murcia
Beja Sevilha
Granada

Faro Huelva

Cdiz Mlaga
 Access to foreign markets

Proximity to Port infrastructure Major shipping routes

Lisbon Port

Setbal Port

Sines Port

Faro Port
Good geographical conditions to agricultural development

Relief Map of Portugal Climate conditions Types of soils- Soil map

High temperatures with littlefrost

Average tempertaure (16,2C)
High solar exposure
2.814 horas/sun/year
Small rain season

Instituto de Meteorologia; Instituto do Ambiente, Atlas do Ambiente; Anlise A.T. Kearney

 Plenty agricultural land available

Usable Agricultural Area Medium dimension of agricultural holding

(mil ha, 1999) (ha, 1999)
4.866
53,6

39,0
2.223
1.924
16,7
674 589 448 7,3 5,4 4,9 4,6
102
Andaluca

Andaluca
Alentejo

Alentejo
Algarve
Extremadura

Algarve
Extremadura
Norte

Centro

LVT

Norte

Centro
LVT
Marktest Sales Index 2003; INE (Portugal); INE (Espanha); Junta da Extremadura; Instituto de Estadstica de Andaluca; Anlise A.T. Kearney
 Alqueva Global Irrigation System

Alentejo
EFMA Iinfluence area

EDIA; Anlise A.T. Kearney

 Biofuel production
Proximity to the main refinery in the country

Sines

Sines refinery is one of the largest conversion unit in

Europe in distillation capacity - 10.8 million tons / year
(223 000 barrels / day)
Sines refinery is a privileged potential client, capable of
absorbing a significant part of the production of biodiesel
and bioethanol
 Olive oil production
High potential growth - National market

Olive oil comsuption in Portugal (mil Per capita olive oil consumption in
ton) Portugal (kg/ano)
6,1
70 70
5,5 5,6 5,7 5,9 5,9
66 5,4
62 63
59 58 58
4,5
45 43 3,8 3,9
3,3 3,5
35
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Fonte: INE; ICEP; Casa do Azeite; Anlise A.T. Kearney
 Olive oil production
High potential growth - Global market

Olive oil consumption world wide

(milions ton)
Growth factors of olive oil consumption world
2,4 2,4 2,5
2,6 wide
2,2
Dissemination of results of scientific research on the
1,9 1,9 1,9 1,9 1,7 benefits of olive oil for health
1,7 1,7

Campaigns carried out by both the EU and the

International Olive Oil Council

Strong growth in oil consumption in traditionally

non-users countries (eg in the U.S. consumption of
oil has quintupled in 16 years)
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INE; ICEP; Casa do Azeite; Anlise A.T. Kearney

Lisboa

Faro

Lisboa : 195 Km - 2:16 h

Faro: 203 Km - 2:18 h
Sevilha : 223 Km - 3:07 h (+2:30 h para Madrid por TGV)
Alqueva, the largest artificial lake in Europe
 Energy

Wind

Photovoltaic

Hydropower

Micro-Hydro

Bio-fuels

Alqueva is increasingly focusing on renewable energy as well as

clean and diversified energy
 Environment
Alqueva: Its a safe bet that there will be Integrated development of the region
anchored on environmental concerns and ensuring tomorrow

Agricultural systems and

territorial management

Minimisation of Impacts
Implementation

Fauna and flora monitoring

Noudar Natural Park

 Water
Systematic monitoring of water quality allows to monitor the evolution of its conditions
allowing its management based on the quality standards required for each use

The construction of
Alqueva dam was the first
step towards establishing
strategic water reserve to
guarantee and regulate
their distribution and to
ensure the growth of
regular activities and local
development
 Innovation and Tecnhology

Geographic information are one of the pillars of the strategy of regional development.
Having developed its platform of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) along the last
decade in order to effectively support several key processes of their activity, EDIA,
currently has a staff with a deep knowledge and experience using in this technology.
 Tourism

Tourism Offer
Establishments by category in Alqueva (2002)

Estabelecimen-
tos hoteleiros
20%

Turismo Rural
80%

Capacity by category in Alqueva (2002)

Estabelecimen-
tos hoteleiros
39%

Heritage natural beauty, supplemented

by the riverside villages and the Roman Turismo Rural

remains, richness of its wines,

61%

gastronomy and traditions

Anlise A.T. Kearney
 Investment opportunity in Alqueva Tourism

Potencial Products

Golf
Wellness
Sports
Investment Opportunity
Senior
Rural
Residential
Ecotourism

Anlise A.T. Kearney